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THE SFWA FANTASY BUNDLE

This second bundle of the year draws from SFWA's fantasy authors, showing a full spectrum of possibilities including magic iPhones, steampunk heroes, mysterious apartments, self-resurrecting secret agents, ancient magic, and epic battles. I'm always amazed at the wealth of talent displayed by my fellow SFWA members. In its fifty-plus years, the organization has grown to encompass many of the best talents working in the fantasy field today. Reading through the submissions was a great pleasure, but also involved the torment of choosing.

A few of my favorites are:

Stay Crazy by Erica Satifka presents a heroine who doesn't have it all together, to the point where she doesn't know whether the voice talking to her from a box of frozen chicken is a hallucination or reality. Somewhere in the aisles of Savertown, USA, though, evil lurks.

Black Angel by Kyell Gold shows how emotionally satisfying furry fiction can be as well as how accurately it can reflect today's landscape. The final volume of a trilogy about friendship, it can easily be read alone — though it will probably lead you to pick up Green Fairy and Red Devil as well.

Cracked: A Magic iPhone Story by Janine A. Southard is a funny, fresh, and fast-moving look at modern life in Seattle, and what happens when your phone becomes a little too central to your life.

In choosing, I tried to present a wide range of possibilities from the several dozen titles that were presented. Next year, SFWA's Self-Publishing Committee will take over running the program, and I'm looking forward to seeing what they assemble — though I may offer to help with the winnowing. I don't want to miss out on all that great reading.

Some of the proceeds of the bundle go to support SFWA in its mission to support, promote, inform, defend, and advocate for professional fantasy and science fiction writers. For more about the organization, see sfwa.org. For its grants program, see http://www.sfwa.org/2017/09/call-grants-2017/– Cat Rambo

The initial titles in the The SFWA Fantasy Bundle (minimum $5 to purchase) are:

The Dashkova Memoirs: Books 1-4 by Thomas K. Carpenter

Sorcerous Moons - Book 1 - Lonen's War by Jeffe Kennedy

Cracked: A Magic iPhone Story by Janine A. Southard

The High House by James Stoddard

If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular titles, plus EIGHT more!

The Winter Boy by Sally Wiener Grotta

The Garden of Abracadabra by Lisa Mason

The Moon Etherium by L. Rowyn

Black Angel by Kyell Gold

Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum

Stay Crazy by Erica L. Satifka

The Wolf at the End of the World by Douglas Smith

Off Leash by Daniel Potter

This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub and .mobi) for all books!

It's also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.

Why StoryBundle? Here are just a few benefits StoryBundle provides.

Get quality reads: We've chosen works from excellent authors to bundle together in one convenient package.

Pay what you want (minimum $5): You decide how much these fantastic books are worth. If you can only spare a little, that's fine! You'll still get access to a batch of exceptional titles.

Support authors who support DRM-free books: StoryBundle is a platform for authors to get exposure for their works, both for the titles featured in the bundle and for the rest of their catalog. Supporting authors who let you read their books on any device you want—restriction free—will show everyone there's nothing wrong with ditching DRM.

Give to worthy causes: Bundle buyers have a chance to donate a portion of their proceeds to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America!

Receive extra books: If you beat the bonus price, you'll get the bonus books!

StoryBundle was created to give a platform for independent authors to showcase their work, and a source of quality titles for thirsty readers. StoryBundle works with authors to create bundles of ebooks that can be purchased by readers at their desired price. Before starting StoryBundle, Founder Jason Chen covered technology and software as an editor for Gizmodo.com and Lifehacker.com.